Northern Wakashan

Target entity: Northern Wakashan
Context triple: [Haisla, languageFamily, Northern Wakashan]

• A. Northwest Coast Sprachbund
  The Northwest Coast Sprachbund is a linguistic area in the Pacific Northwest where diverse Indigenous languages, such as Halkomelem, have converged to share structural features through long-term contact.
• B. Coast Salish region
  The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
• C. Northern Straits Salish
  Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
• D. Interior Salish peoples
  The Interior Salish peoples are a group of Indigenous nations of the Interior Plateau region of British Columbia and the northwestern United States who share related Salishan languages and cultural traditions.
• E. Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit
  Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit is a proposed Native North American language family grouping that links the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit into a single genetic unit.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Northern Wakashan
Target entity description: Northern Wakashan is a branch of the Wakashan language family comprising several Indigenous languages spoken along the northern Pacific Northwest coast of Canada.

• A. Northwest Coast Sprachbund
  The Northwest Coast Sprachbund is a linguistic area in the Pacific Northwest where diverse Indigenous languages, such as Halkomelem, have converged to share structural features through long-term contact.
• B. Coast Salish region
  The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
• C. Northern Straits Salish
  Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
• D. Interior Salish peoples
  The Interior Salish peoples are a group of Indigenous nations of the Interior Plateau region of British Columbia and the northwestern United States who share related Salishan languages and cultural traditions.
• E. Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit
  Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit is a proposed Native North American language family grouping that links the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit into a single genetic unit.
• F. None of above. chosen